Racing Industry

The Racing NSW board called a group of the state’s leading breeders to its Druitt Street headquarters this week to thrash out a number of issues, including comments made by CEO Peter V’landys during the recent Select Committee inquiry into the sale of Rosehill racecourse.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing will need to appoint a new chief executive after the confirmation that Bruce Sharrock will leave the organisation at the end of the year.

With Singapore racing’s swansong this Saturday, Tim Rowe explores what’s next for racing in South East Asia and how the thoroughbred industry in Malaysia is best-placed to take up the mantle left by the demise of Kranji.

New Zealand racing has been on a tear since the deal between Entain and TAB NZ was announced in May last year, but some very public “on-track” issues have highlighted the significant infrastructure challenges that need to be resolved.

In a bid to combat small field sizes for early season Queensland two-year-old races, Racing Queensland has shifted the Calaway Gal Stakes to later in the season and opened up November 30’s Listed Phelan Ready Stakes to fillies.

Broadsiding’s victory on Saturday was not only his trainer’s third Golden Rose success, it represented James Cummings’ 50th Group 1 win overall, something only 14 trainers in Australian history have achieved. This week’s Run The Numbers breaks down the trainer’s stats in elite races.

John “Patto” Patterson, Flemington’s legendary clerk of the course, is gravely ill. Matt Stewart reflects on the remarkable racing life of a man who was the greatest horseman Bart Cummings ever knew.